"cuña" meaning in Galician

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuɲa/, [ˈku.ɲɐ] Forms: cuñas [plural], cunha [alternative]
Rhymes: -uɲa Etymology: First attested in the 15th century. Ultimately from Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunha and Spanish cuña. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|15th century}} the 15th century, {{etydate|15th century}} First attested in the 15th century, {{der|gl|la|cuneus}} Latin cuneus, {{cog|pt|cunha}} Portuguese cunha, {{cog|es|cuña}} Spanish cuña Head templates: {{gl-noun|f}} cuña f (plural cuñas)
  1. wedge Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cuña-gl-noun-GbUz1QuJ
  2. chock (for wheel) Tags: feminine Synonyms: calzo
    Sense id: en-cuña-gl-noun-C0xyK78d
  3. (figurative) influence; connections Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cuña-gl-noun-K6qPubQK Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 5 18 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cuñar, cuñeira

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cuñar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cuñeira"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "15th century"
      },
      "expansion": "the 15th century",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "15th century"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the 15th century",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cuneus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cuneus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cunha"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese cunha",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cuña"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cuña",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the 15th century. Ultimately from Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunha and Spanish cuña.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuñas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cunha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cuña f (plural cuñas)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cu‧ña"
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 411:",
          "text": "Et mais que o dito señor obispo e cabíidoo e conçello que dían ao dito Sueyro e a Diego Aafonso pera a dita obra toda a pedra e madeira e crabageen e calabres e petrechos... e meestres e feramentas e cuñas e marras e todas las outras cousas que feser mester et foren necesarias pera se a dita obra faser",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wedge"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuña-gl-noun-GbUz1QuJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "wedge",
          "wedge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chock (for wheel)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuña-gl-noun-C0xyK78d",
      "links": [
        [
          "chock",
          "chock"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "calzo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 18 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "influence; connections"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuña-gl-noun-K6qPubQK",
      "links": [
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "connections",
          "connections"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) influence; connections"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuɲa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.ɲɐ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uɲa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuña"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician feminine nouns",
    "Galician lemmas",
    "Galician nouns",
    "Galician terms derived from Latin",
    "Galician terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Galician/uɲa",
    "Rhymes:Galician/uɲa/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cuñar"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuñeira"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "15th century"
      },
      "expansion": "the 15th century",
      "name": "etydate/the"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "15th century"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the 15th century",
      "name": "etydate"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cuneus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cuneus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "cunha"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese cunha",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "cuña"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cuña",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the 15th century. Ultimately from Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunha and Spanish cuña.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuñas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cunha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cuña f (plural cuñas)",
      "name": "gl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cu‧ña"
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Galician terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Galician quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 411:",
          "text": "Et mais que o dito señor obispo e cabíidoo e conçello que dían ao dito Sueyro e a Diego Aafonso pera a dita obra toda a pedra e madeira e crabageen e calabres e petrechos... e meestres e feramentas e cuñas e marras e todas las outras cousas que feser mester et foren necesarias pera se a dita obra faser",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wedge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wedge",
          "wedge"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chock (for wheel)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chock",
          "chock"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "calzo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "influence; connections"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "connections",
          "connections"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) influence; connections"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuɲa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.ɲɐ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uɲa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuña"
}

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